Virgilio ‘Maton’ Silvano beat Louie Arlos via unanimous decision Friday night to retain his Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF) light flyweight title at the Dalaguete Sports Complex.
Arlos established an early lead with his busy jab and lateral movement, but Silvano kept the pressure and eventually hurt Arlos in the middle rounds.
Arlos was at the receiving end of brutal head and body shots in the sixth to eighth rounds but still managed to stay on his feet. In the 9th round, Arlos regained the strength in his legs but Silvano continued his assault. In the tenth and final round, with the outcome hanging in the balance, they took turns landing punishing hooks. Silvano however, had the higher punch output in the endgame.
The three judges had it for Silvano – 96-94, 97-93 and 96-94.
Silvano improved to 14W-2L-1D, 8 KOs while Arlos dropped to his second career loss – 7W-2L, 2 KOs.
SUICO ENDS SLIDE
Meanwhile, Randy ‘Komong Bato’ Suico claimed his first win in more than two years when he stopped William Jorge with a right cross at 1:54 of the first round. Jorge’s legs twitched before he crashed to the canvas prompting Referee Teddy Alivio to immediately end the fight.
For the other supporting bouts:
Charlie Pucdol knocked Junie Salogaol down in round three and prevailed by unanimous decision. The scores –58-55, 59-54 and 59-54; Rowel Garcia won by disqualification in the fifth round against Richard Rosales, who punched Garcia when he was down. Garcia was visibly shaken and unable to continue which led to the DQ ruling; Jimboy Haya and Kenan Villaflor fought to a six round majority draw. Villaflor was knocked down in round two but continued to take the fight to Haya. The scorecards read 57-57 on two judges and one had it for Haya 57-56.
Jhack ‘Golden Boy’ Tepora won by first round TKO when he knocked down Mark Tubo three times in the opening round; Brandon Tabares won by TKO against Ritchell Rosales in the fourth round while in the opening bout of the night, Rez Padrogane beat Mico Reyes by TKO in the second round.
The Friday fight card billed as ‘Fists of Fury’ was presented by the Omega Boxing Gym, International Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IPI) and the local government of Dalaguete on the eve of the municipality’s fiesta celebration. The fights were supervised by GAB-Cebu.